# Momento review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Private iPhone journal that can pull in social feeds Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Momento is a journaling app for iPhone. Entries are written as moments with photos, videos, people, places and tags, and can be grouped into events and browsed by calendar or day, month and year summaries. It can also import posts and activity from linked social networks and apps, so the journal fills in on its own. Several features, including passcode lock, export and multiple photos per moment, need a paid Premium plan. - **Category:** Journaling Apps - **Made by:** d3i Ltd - **Website:** https://momentoapp.com - **Runs on:** iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Android, a Mac or the web, as it is iPhone only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Momento has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3.49 (Momento Premium, monthly, US App Store in-app purchase). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free app with written moments, people, places and tags, events, search, calendar, reminders, summaries and 365 days of feed history. Passcode lock, export, multiple photos and unlimited feed history need Premium. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Written moments with people, places and tags, events, search, summaries and reminders, plus 365 days of feed history. | | Momento Premium (Monthly) | $3.49 per month | Unlimited feed history, hourly feed updates, export as plain text, passcode and Face ID lock, multiple photos per moment, formatting and themes. | | Momento Premium | $14.99 billing period not shown on the US App Store listing | The same Premium features as the monthly plan, listed as a separate in-app purchase with no period shown. | | Momento Premium Gold | $37.99 billing period not shown on the US App Store listing | Premium, plus priority support; the listing describes it as a way to contribute more to development. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/momento-private-journal-diary/id980592846 on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Momento before buying. ## Key features - **Moments with context:** Each entry can carry a note, photos, videos, people, places and tags, and moments can be grouped under an event such as a trip or a birthday. - **Feeds:** Posts and activity from linked services such as Instagram, Swarm, Flickr, Spotify, Goodreads and RSS are imported into the timeline. The free version keeps 365 days of feed history. - **Summaries and timelines:** Day, month and year summaries, an on-this-day view and a timeline for each person, place, event or tag. - **Search and calendar:** Search covers moments, feeds, people, places and tags, and a pop-up calendar jumps to any date. - **Reminders:** Preset and custom reminders prompt you to add a moment. - **Backup, lock and export:** Backup and restore run locally or through iCloud. Passcode and biometric lock, plus export to plain text with a media folder, need Premium. ## Good for - iPhone users who want a journal that fills in from their social accounts - Travel, project or pregnancy journals that mix text, photos and places ## Worth knowing - Only an iPhone app is listed; there is no Android, Mac or web version. - The free version keeps 365 days of feed history and one photo per moment; unlimited history and extra photos need Premium. - Passcode lock and export are Premium-only, so a free journal is not protected by an in-app lock. - The US App Store listing does not state the billing period of the $14.99 and $37.99 purchases. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Momento is an iPhone journal that logs moments with photos, people and places and pulls in activity from linked social accounts. The free version keeps 365 days of feed history, and the passcode lock and export need Premium, so a free journal has no lock inside the app. - **Value for money: C.** Premium is $3.49 a month on the US App Store, just above the $3.33 where the cheaper quarter of journaling apps starts. The $14.99 and $37.99 plans show no billing period. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free app covers written moments, people, places, tags and search, but feed history stops at 365 days, there is one photo per moment, and lock and export are paid. - **Features: C.** Moments, events, calendar, summaries and feeds from linked accounts cover journaling, but the passcode lock, export and extra photos are Premium only. - **Ease of use: C.** 4.1 from about 880 App Store ratings, and you link accounts to get the feeds working. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone only. There is no Android, Mac or web version, though it links to Facebook, Instagram, Swarm, Flickr, YouTube and Spotify. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Momento's own pages on 12 November 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among journaling apps - Momento's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 39 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 3. - Its paid plans start at $3.49 a month, against a middle price of $3.99 for the category: 11 of the 24 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 15 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/journaling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos. You could make the core of Momento for yourself: daily notes, notes and calendar. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $41.88 a year. - You could make: Daily notes, notes and calendar: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Facebook, Instagram and Swarm among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Facebook, Instagram, Swarm, Flickr, YouTube, Spotify, Medium, Goodreads **Tags:** Daily notes, Notes, Calendar ## Alternatives - [Day One](https://toolgpa.com/tools/day-one): Encrypted journal for text, photos, audio and video across devices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/day-one-vs-momento) - [Diarium](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diarium): Private journal with a one-time Pro purchase and your own cloud sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diarium-vs-momento) - [Journey](https://toolgpa.com/tools/journey): Cross-platform diary with maps, mood tracking and guided programs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/journey-vs-momento) - [Daybook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/daybook): Cloud-synced diary with guided journals and voice entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/daybook-vs-momento) - [Diaro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diaro): Diary and notes app that syncs through your own Dropbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diaro-vs-momento) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://momentoapp.com/ - https://momentoapp.com/features - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/momento-private-journal-diary/id980592846 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/momento Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).